Jubilee Place has catalysed the revitalisation of one of Brisbane’s most treasured places, the Jubilee Hotel – an iconic gathering place that has played a much-loved part in Brisbane’s history for over a century. The precinct will benefit from the Hotel’s beautiful heritage character sitting alongside the modern architecture and authentic structural expression of Jubilee…
Constructed in 1887-88 for brewer William Gooley, chief brewer for Perkins and Co, the Jubilee Hotel was delivered in a boom time for hotel construction in the Valley – the nearby and heritage listed Empire and Prince Consort hotels both also opened in 1888. Now colloquially known as ‘The Jube’, it was designed by Richard…
Welcome to the precinct, Woolies! Located above the Fortitude Valley train station and less than 5 minutes’ walk from Jubilee Place’s front door, the opening this month of Woolworths’ newest Metro store is a welcome addition. Its opening adds convenience retail to the amenity, health, wellbeing, childcare and medical services already woven into the fabric…
Jubilee Place’s diagrid structure has rocketed ahead again; now largely complete up to level 8. With a similar methodology to the approach taken for our lower levels, we now expect the diagrid to remain at its current level for the next month or two. Those enormous diagrid A-frames that have lifted the structure from level…
Organisations are currently having to make bold assumptions about future work from home appetite and economic circumstances to inform their forward premises requirements. For those circumstances where business priorities require flexing of a workforce population beyond the assumptions available prior to lease commitment, Jubilee Place can provide two contingency plans. Firstly, our servicing density and…
Jubilee Place’s end of trip facility houses 108 bicycle racks, 380 lockers and 17 showers. To put that in context, our tenants will have access to 20% more bike parks and nearly three times the number of lockers necessary to secure the relevant Green Star active transport points. In the post-COVID world where it is…
Transformation of Exhibition Station to take its place as a key link in Fortitude Valley’s high frequency public transport network is a step closer, with the demolition of the western platform now complete. Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey has confirmed this key progression as part of the Cross River Rail network, saying “This…
Jubilee Place presents a large, regular shaped 1,536sqm floor plate to typical floors. Its linear side core configuration performs an energy saving role by taking a large percentage of direct heat out of the floor. It is efficient and flexible in its regular and clean proportions, with all service cupboards internalised. More importantly this arrangement…
The term biophilia refers to our preference as humans to be in nature. We simply thrive in it. Study after study shows that not only does being outside in nature improve our mental and physical well-being, it improves memory and focus, reduces mental fatigue, and increases creativity. It helps us do our jobs better. The…
As Watpac’s Project Manager Andrew Negri succinctly puts it: “This is very different”. With the structure now cantilevering over the Jubilee Hotel and our typical floors starting to take shape above it, hear his thoughts on some of the complexities that have been taken into account in the design and construction of Jubilee Place.